Bladder-sparing treatments show noninferior OS vs radical cystectomy in BCG-unresponsive NMIBC
June 19th 2023“Our results suggest that bladder-sparing treatments may be a safe approach in selected patients. Survival outcomes were not inferior compared to early radical cystectomy," says Wei Shen Tan, MD.
Rates of prostate cancer screening lag in American Indian/Alaska Native population
June 16th 2023"The most alarming finding is that there were 0 instances of DREs in the NAMCS dataset over the entire 5-year period, and there were no PSAs conducted in American Indian/Alaska Native men after 2014,” says Christopher M. Gillette, PhD.
Expert highlights AUA guideline on prostate cancer screening and follow-up
June 16th 2023"This [guideline]... is probably the most broad in scope and incorporates a lot of the things that were missing or not yet mature enough to be included in the previous guidelines," says Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA.
ChatGPT found to provide incorrect responses to urology test questions
June 12th 2023"ChatGPT not only has a low rate of correct answers regarding clinical questions in urologic practice, but also makes certain types of errors that pose a risk of spreading medical misinformation," says Christopher M. Deibert, MD, MPH.
Investigators assess potential trajectories of women in the urologic work force
June 9th 2023Projections were made under 3 different circumstances: the rate of women entering urology continues to follow logistic growth, there is no further growth of women into urology, and retirement rates among women mirror that of men in urology.
Extended lymphadenectomy provides no benefit over standard lymphadenectomy in MIBC
June 6th 2023“Both the SWOG S1011 and the LEA trial show very clearly that a bilateral standard node dissection confined to the true pelvis is the standard of care for patients with curable muscle-invasive bladder cancer," says Seth P. Lerner, MD, FACS.